WETTING ON SPHERICAL AND CYLINDRICAL SUBSTRATES - GLOBAL PHASE-DIAGRAMS

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العنوان: WETTING ON SPHERICAL AND CYLINDRICAL SUBSTRATES - GLOBAL PHASE-DIAGRAMS
المؤلفون: Jm Yeomans, Joseph Indekeu, Pj Upton
المصدر: BASE-Bielefeld Academic Search Engine
سنة النشر: 2016
مصطلحات موضوعية: Physics, Phase transition, Condensed matter physics, Phase (matter), Wetting, Radius, Curvature, Landau theory, Phase diagram, Wetting layer
الوصف: A Landau theory for wetting on spherical and cylindrical substrates is studied. The substrate parameters are the radius ${r}_{1}$, the surface field ${h}_{1}$, and the surface-coupling enhancement g. The adsorbate is characterized by correlation length \ensuremath{\xi} and critical temperature ${T}_{c}$. The global phase diagrams reveal important features which were omitted in previous works. For T${T}_{c}$, the phase diagrams are obtained numerically and with use of analytic approximations. For T\ensuremath{\ge}${T}_{c}$, they are obtained exactly. For T${T}_{c}$, there are two distinct regimes of adsorption phase transitions: The regime \ensuremath{\xi}\ensuremath{\lesssim}${r}_{1}$\ensuremath{\le}\ensuremath{\infty} where the curvature of the substrate is small and the adsorbate is away from criticality, and the regime 0${r}_{1}$\ensuremath{\lesssim}\ensuremath{\xi} where the curvature is high and the adsorbate is near-critical. In the former regime, the phase transitions are referred to as ``surface'' transitions, and in the latter regime as ``point'' transitions (for spheres) and ``line'' transitions (for cylinders). The two regimes merge at a critical double point in the phase diagram. Beyond this point adsorption phase transitions can occur for arbitrary curvature and for all temperatures, including ${T}_{c}$. The wetting layer thicknesses behave as \ensuremath{\xi} ln(${r}_{1}$/\ensuremath{\xi}) for ${r}_{1}$\ensuremath{\gg}\ensuremath{\xi} and as \ensuremath{\xi} for ${r}_{1}$\ensuremath{\ll}\ensuremath{\xi}. The finite-size rounding of the phase transitions is discussed, and the experimental relevance of our findings is outlined.
DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.40.666
URL الوصول: https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::ca2e0e046816798c8d5b19545ccc8975
https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.40.666
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